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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Jülich (City of Jülich) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| In circulation to | 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned notgeld on a fine underprint of repeated 'STADT JÜLICH' text. To the left, an oval portrait vignette of Jan von Werth in period dress with lace collar, his name inscribed along the lower arc of the cartouche. The large denomination numeral '50 Pf.' is set centrally in bold letterpress type, with the city coat of arms — a rampant lion before a fortified tower — occupying the upper right. At lower left, a red-printed serial number prefixed 'No', with the date 'den 31.12.1919' and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature printed below. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT JÜLICH 50 Pf. JAN VON WERTH Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung im Jülicher Kreisblatt. Die Stadtgemeinde haftet für die Einlösung. JÜLICH, RHLD. den 31.12.1919 Bürgermeister |
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Jülich's 1919 notgeld issue came during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland, which began under the Armistice terms of November 1918. The city sat squarely within the occupied zone, and the near-total collapse of small-change circulation — driven by hoarding and the broader monetary chaos of the immediate postwar months — forced hundreds of German municipalities to print their own emergency fractional currency. This 50 Pfennig piece is one such locally produced stop-gap.
Local printing is consistent with the period; most Rhineland notgeld from 1919 was produced close to home before the more elaborate collector-targeted series flooded the market from 1920 onward.